The first shots fired in anger on December 7th, 1941, were fired by the US Navy.

The first ship sunk on that day was Japanese.

A lot of people don’t know the story. See my Pearl Harbor Day post over at Murdoc Online for a picture of the men who scored a small victory on that day of infamy.

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